Abstract
A higher drug burden index (DBI) is known to be associated with pre-admission falls leading to hospitalization. We investigated whether a mean difference in DBI (ΔDBI) between the events of in-hospital falls and hospital admission was associated with 30-day readmission in 113 patients ≥50 years who fell during their hospital stays between 2007 and 2014. A greater ΔDBI (≥0.09) was positively associated with higher 30-day readmission rates (incident rate ratio: 2.02; 95% confidence interval: 1.49-2.74). An effort to keep DBI low may thus decrease 30-day readmissions for older in-hospital fallers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-67 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Hospital topics |
Volume | 98 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
Keywords
- 30-day readmission
- Drug burden index
- in-hospital fall
- older patients